"Timothy M. Hospedales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm helping a friend setup debian on his computer; he uses the same > ISP as me, so I set it up just like mine..... > It didn't work immediately (It just disconnected shortly after connect), > so I added +chap to the options file to make sure it was using the > CHAP auth that the server wanted.
This isn't what +chap means... you're saying that the ISP has to provide a password to *you*. Put "debug" in /etc/ppp.options_out, and check /var/log/syslog to see what gets logged. -- Carey Evans http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/c.evans/ GNU GPL: "The Source will be with you... always." -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .